Asianet is one of the leading Television channel companies in Kerala, India. The company is owned by Asianet Communications Limited, headed by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, with its head offices at Studio Complex, Puliyarakonam, Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum). The channel reaches over 60 countries including the Indian sub-continent, Sri Lanka, China, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe, USA, Singapore and the lower half of the former Soviet Union. Asianet operates three Malayalam television channels; the Asianet channel which was the first private television channel in Kerala, Asianet Plus and Asianet News. The channels cater to a wide variety of program genres, including game shows, news, serials, live TV chat, music video shows and reality shows.Asianet is the leading television network in malayalam, taking 60% of total viewership.[citation needed] The channel broadcast a hit reality show in south India named Idea star singer. In June 2007, Asianet started a new channel in Kannada, (the language for the Indian state of Karnataka) called Asianet Suvarna and on 31 March 2007, they started airing their news channel "Suvarna News". and Telugu channel "Sitara", and also plans to extend broadcasting in other languages. Asianet operates a radio channel in the United Arab Emirates, named Asianet Radio 657 AM and in Kerala with the station "Best FM 95". See also: Media in Trivandrum
